Writer's Detective Bureau

Internal Affairs, Hold-Backs, and PSD Work

Fingerprints, Vigilantes, Fiction Writing, and Technical Advising

ONE HUNDRED

Partial License Plates, Manner of Death, and the Peter Principle

Missing In a Blizzard, Rapid DNA, and Sexual Assault Investigations

Old Crime Scenes, Cellphone Location Tracking, Investigating a Child Death, and Police Reform

Vehicle Tampering Clues, Trademarks, Notice of Warrant Service

Writer's Detective Bureau - Trailer

Areas of Responsibility, Nolle Prosequi, and GPS Tracking

Finding Digital Evidence, Elicitation of Detectives, and RP Statements

Minimum Staffing, Insider Trading, and TECS

SWAT Teams, FBI Offices, and Cocaine Production

Black Lives Matter

Investigating a Murder of One of Your Own, Filming Props, and Testimony Dialogue

Cellphone Photos, Real-Life Red Herrings, and Courthouse Waiting Rooms

Writer’s Detective's Fifth Birthday, Police Firearms, and Protecting a Victim

Sex Registrants, Trust Issues, and Re-Interviewing a Witness

The Newhall Incident, Undercover Reasoning, and 3rd Party Justifiable Homicide

MasksForDocs, Inmate Release After Acquittal, and CSI the TV Show

StayHomeWriMo, Public Health, DEA Cases, and more Counter-Surveillance

Medicolegal Death Investigators and Swatting

Interview Dialogue and a Cozy Missing Person turned Murder Mystery

Recorded in a wiretap, What gets kept as Evidence, and Counter-surveillance

Experience is the Greatest Teacher, Prosecuting a Serial Killer, and Federal Supervised Release

Privatizing the Police, Driving Philosophy of Law Enforcement, and Sucking Chest Wounds

Security Clearances, Task Forces, and FBI RAs

Quarantine, Narcotics Case Jurisdiction, and SAR

Sgt. Patrick O’Donnell of Cops and Writers

Sanctuary, Off-Sites, and the Day After

FlowersAndForensics, Seeing the Judge, and Knock & Notice

Adam gives you a tip on a great new forensic science resource and answers questions about getting a warrant signed by a judge and the realities of knock and notice. Transcript available at writersdetective.com/74

Items in Evidence, Assessing Urgency, and Police Radio Encryption

Adam talks about whether a search warrant is needed to seize evidence from another police agency’s evidence room, assessing urgency, and the realities of police radios being encrypted. Transcript and links to donate for Australia’s wildfires at writersdetective.com/73

One Free Phone Call from Jail, Video Evidence, and Inmate Release Notifications

Adam answers your questions about: your one free phone call from jail, obtaining video evidence, and notifying victims of an offender’s release from custody. Transcript available at writersdetective.com/72

Transgender Protagonists, Inside Man, and Romance Undercover

Adam answers your questions about: how human resources at a police department would handle confidentiality of a transgender employee, poking plot holes through the movie Inside Man, and handling romance while undercover. Transcript available: writersdetective.com/71

Boot, Deconfliction, and Pending Further Leads - 070

Adam talks about being on field training as a trainee police officer, how inter-agency deconfliction works for narcotics investigations, and what paperwork duties in the detective bureau might really look like. Transcript: writersdetective.com/70 Support this podcast

Boot, Deconfliction, and Pending Further Leads

Adam talks about being on field training as a trainee police officer, how inter-agency deconfliction works for narcotics investigations, and what paperwork duties in the detective bureau might really look like. Transcript: writersdetective.com/70

Justified Shootings, FBI Arrests, and Calling for Back-Up

Adam answers your questions about: an investigation into a justified shooting, where FBI books their arrestees, and calling for back-up. A transcript is available at writersdetective.com/69

20BooksVegas, POIs and UNSUBs, and Wiretap Technicalities

Adam talks about the 20BooksVegas conference and answers questions about police acronyms and slang like POI and UNSUB, as well as the more technical side of setting up a wiretap investigation. Transcript available at writersdetective.com/68

Hate Crimes, Proactive Investigations, and Island Time of Death

Adam answers your questions about what constitutes a hate crime, how to use search warrants in a proactive investigation where a crime hasn’t occurred yet, and death investigations in paradise. Transcript and show-notes available here: writersdetective.com/67

SMEs, Red Dot Lasers, and Approaching Suspects

Adam answers your questions about the role subject matter experts play in an investigation, the real purpose behind those red dot lasers sights for firearms, and his thoughts behind approaching a suspect you want to interview. Transcript and shownotes are available at writersdetective.com/66

The Ripoff Episode

This short episode covers burglary investigations. Transcript available at writersdetective.com/65

Preptober, FBI Consultants, and SWAT Standoffs

This week I’m talking about preparation for NaNoWriMo, the State of the Bureau, creating an FBI Consultant as a character, and the role of a hostage negotiator in a swat standoff. Transcript available: writersdetective.com/64

Inside a Crime Scene, Search Warrant Limitations, and Criminal Appeals

Adam covers what it really feels like inside a crime scene, the limits of a search warrant, and some clarification on cold cases and criminal appeals. Transcript available: writersdetective.com/63

Ruses, Brought In For Questioning, and Recording Gaps

Adam answers writers' questions about when cops ARE allowed to lie, what it really means when you’re brought in for questioning, and what happens when there are gaps in the recording of an interrogation. Transcript: writersdetective.com/62

Firearms Qualifications, Exceptional Means, and OODA Loops

Adam talks about firearms qualifications for police officers, when your suspect is terminally ill, and what the heck OODA means. Transcript available: writersdective.com/61

Bad Cops, Romantic Complications, and Interview Rapport

Adam talks about how to write about bad cops, romantic complications between a detective and a victim, and some hack for building rapport during an interview. Transcript: writersdetective.com/60 

Career-Long Fitness, Amateur Sleuths, and the Future of Policing

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Exigent Circumstances, Becoming a PI, and Confidential Informants

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Victim Visas, One-Way Mirrors, and HIDTA

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U.S. Marshals, the CIA, and Being Taken Downtown

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Being Held Without Charges, Stalking, and Desk Pops?

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